Western Political Thought ancient Greek Thought Features of Greek Society city state agriculture slavery patriarchal hierarchical/graded reason>>religion Socrates (What constitutes Good Life) (died 399BC) features 'wisest man' knew nothing father of ethics ethics is branch of philosophy ('art of living') 'father of philosophy' plato's teacher/imagination dialectics theory of knowledge statements Knowledge is virtue unexamined life is not worth living Pre-Socratic what constitutes life theory of knowledge context pre-socratic thought his focus on to live good life good life knowledge->dialectics (from opinion to knowledge) beliefs conceptual knowledge listen to soul life punishment to drink 'Hemlock' misleading youth didn't escape since 'unquestionable obedience to state' Plato (429-347 BC) Features idea: philosophers should be rulers contribution: theory of philosopher king perspective: utopian prominent works republic (young, ut...
